Voting-machine.



J. H. DEAN,

VOTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 111N320, 1910. Y Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

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Patented Mar."11,1913.

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ATTORNEY.

J .H. DEAN.

VOTING MACHINE. APPLIOATIQR FILED JUNE 20, 1910.

I Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

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ATTORNEY J. H. DEAN.

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Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

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WITNESS E6 /VE/ /TOR BY gown w 46% F v ATTORNEYS UNITED .sra as AEToFFic.

JAMES H. DEAN; OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

ASSIGNOR 'IO EMPIRE VOTING MAGHINE COMPANY, OF JAMESTOWN, NEW .Z'QRK, ACORPORATION.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 11 1913.

Application filed June 20, 1910. SerialNo. 568,010.

To all whomit may concern. I V Be it known thatI, JAMES H. DEAN, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, andState of Illifee fication.

nois, have invent-ed certain new and useful Tmprovements inVoting-Machines; of which I. do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,

relates to mechanism for voting for unnominated candidates in which aseparate card ballot 15 used for the oiiices {\SSOClZllTQfl with eachrow of keys said ballot being deposited in theinterior of the machineaiter having been marked by any of the keys voted in the line containingthe offices with which said ballot isidentified.

Another feature of my invention is to delay the marking of the ballot bythe voted keys until after the indication of the ballot upon thekeyboard of the machine is. completed by placing the selected keys invoted position.

Another feature of my invention is to hold the keysan-d their punchesfirmly in position while the card ballots are being punched. I p

.This and other features of my invention will be hereinafter more fullydescribed and the novel fea-tures thereof will be pointed out in theclaims at the end of the speci- In the accompanying drawings, Figure 'is"a longitudinal section of the machine showing a row of keys. Fig. 2 isa transnisms shown in section and in the positionitoccupiesiwhiledepositing the ballot. Fig."

verse section of the machine on the line 2" x of, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is asection taken through the ballot depositing mechanism on the line- 3-3*of Fig. 7. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the ballot depositingmecha- 5 is a section on the line 5 -5 oi Fig. 1. Big. 6 1s a view ofthe opemng in the case of the machine for the insertion of the cardirregular ballot. Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 7- of Fig. 5. Fig. 8is a rear view of'the machine with the back plate broken away to showthe operating mechanism; Fig. 9 is a detail view of one of the cardballots.

In the accompanying drawings like refer ence numerals indicate likeparts in the-several cases.

In the accompanying drawings reference numeral 1 indicates the casing ofthe machine having a keyboard 2 thereon through which project theballoting keys 3-3.

These keys are mounted in-imit sections,

each section havingtwo keys with their respective counters. This andother details of the machine are substantially the same as those shownin myprior applications re ferred to.

The keys 3 are arranged in parallel rows,

a row of these keys being shown in Fig. 1 and four of these rows beingshown in end elevation in Fig, 2. Extending parallel to each row of keysis an operating shaft 4. Mounted to oscillate around these'shafts arethe rocker arms 5 having a short arm en:

gaged with the key 3 and the long arm engaged with the interlocking rod6. The lower part of the key is formed by a" flat piece of sheet metalhaving a slot 7.therein which engages with the rocker arm 5 and having aslot 8 therein which engages with i the punch or perforator 9. One ofthese punches or perforators is attached to each key.

Each of these punches has a hook 10 at the top by which it may bereadily engaged with or disengagedfrom the key and has a pointed end 11at the'bottom. These ends are en:

gaged by .a channel 12 which is suitably eriorated to admit the passingof the punch 11 therethrough. By this channel 19.

with its perforations these punches 11 are held. a suitable space apartfrom each other and to a substantially longitudinal movement when theirrespective keys are voted. The voting movement of the key depresses thepoint llof. the punch so that t pro ects below the channel 12 to theextent indicated in Fig. 4:. The channel 12 is formed as a part-oi? aplate'13'which extends down into;

the machine and by these plates the bottom of the machine isdivideddntoseparate coinpartments. A little below the channels 12 and tothe side thereof as shown in Fig. 2

and running parallel therewith are the shafts 14 which'carry the platensor plates 15. Keyed .to each of these shafts 14 is a bell crank 16 theupper arena of which bell cranks are all connected for simultaneousmovement -by-the link'alfi- The platen 15 is preferably formed of asingle sheet of metal having-the edges bent. down at right anglesand'it-urned in to, engage with the shafts 14 and the rod 17respectively. Connected to the end of theme-'17 is the toggle'318 whichin turn is connected-to the toggle '19 pivoted onthe stud which stud 1Sriveted in the casing of the machine. lhe

joint betw'een'the toggles18 and, 19 consists lot a stud 21 whichengages with a linker 2o. operating bar 22. One of these toggles .19

embodies a crank which engages with the operating shaft of the machine23 onfwhich shaft is carried the operating lever 24: of the'machine. Allof the toggles 19 are connected to the operating bar 22 sothat when theshaft 23 is oscillated the operating bar will be driven thereby to theleft from the )OSlt-lOIl shown in Fi 2 which will cause 25 all of thetoggles first to straighten and occupy the position shown in dottedlines in 4. This will bring the plate 15 close up against the channel11. The further movement of the shaft 23 will bring the toggles totheposition shown in full lines in- Fig. 4 which will bring the plate tothe full line position shown in that figure, caus-.

ing the plate 15 to slant downward at a sharp angle.

Parallel to the plates 15 as shown in Fig.

2 are openings 25 in the side of the machine such as is shown in Fig. 6.Into these o-pen' ings can be inserted the card ballots 26 the cardballots being inserted endwise therein.

be held in its proper position on'the platen and will not engage'withthe opening 25' through which it has been inserted.

When the platens 15 are raised with their cards. to cause the cardstorbeperf pated against the punches 9 the punches 9'w1th their keys 3will be subjected to a stress which will tend to raise them. To hold thekeys and their punches in effective position v I provide the rock shaft30 with the dogs 31 '65 thereon, said dogs'being capable of'engaging therocker arms 5 that have been turned down by the placing of theirrespective keys in voted posit-ion. If the keys'have been partiallyvoted the dogs 31 will operate to push them back out of voted positionor to draw them into full -voted position. The dogs 31 operate to engagetherocker arms 5 and hold them in effective position before the plates15 begin their upward movement, or before they have advanced far enoughto engage the card ballots with the punches 9. To secure this result Iprovide the cam plate 32 with the cam slot 33 therein which cam slotengages with the crank arm 34 keyed to one of the rock shafts 30. Oneach of these rock shafts I provide crank arms 35 all of which areconnected together for simultaneous operation by the connecting rod 36.

It will be seen that when the operating lever 24 is thrown the shaft 23will begin to operate the toggleslS and 19 and it will also ad- Vancethe cam plate 32. The cam slot 33 has .a quick; acting-cam at thebeginning of the slot which o pe'rates to' throw the rock shafts 30before the toggles have straightened, thus insuring that the keys willbe held positively against upward movement while the cards are beingpunched. Itwill be noticed that the' ends'ofthe rockermarms 5 arerecessed where they are engaged by the dogs 31 so that when the parts'are in the position shown, in Fig. 1 and the card 26" is being forcedupward against the punches,- the strain does'notcome upon the tip orcorner of the dog but upon its sides. This helps to keep the tip of thedog 31 sharp so that it will not dead center with the tip of the rockerarm 5. After the punching of the cards is completed the cam slot- 33operates" to rotate the.rock shaft 30 in the reverse direction releasingthe keys for the resetting operation by the rocker arms 5. The furthermovement of the shaft 23 through the to gles 18 and 19 draws the plate,15 down to the position shown in Fig. 4 permittin the card ballots 26 todrop to the bottom machine.

It will be understood that when the card ballots are audited at the endof the election the vote indicated thereon for any otiice or officeswill not be counted if a ballot is punched in the space allotted to suchoffice as such punch will indicate that a key has been voted for somecandidateforthat office and the vote cast for the irregular candidate onthe card ballot is cast thereon in excess of voter's legal privilegev Ofcourse it will be understood" that if two or more candidates are to beelected to such ofiice the voter can 4 vote for one or more candidateson the card ballot and the balance of his vote can be cast v plus'thepunch marks indicated for that indicated thereon.

ofiice on the card ballot should equal the number of the votes that thevoter is entitled to cast for that ofiice, and it the votes 'here thecard ballot is used there will appear in the card ballot one punch markfor each key voted in the line above said card ballot. It is obvious,however, that such punch marks or perforations will not be made in thecard ballot until after the ballot has been completely arranged to thevoters'satistaction and then all of such punch marks will be madesimultaneously when the operating lever 24 is thrown as part of thefinal. operation of the machine. ltwill also be'understood that thecounters of those keys that have been placed in voted position will eachbe advanced one number at the same time. i

A blank key maybe used in each oflice group for eaci vote to be casttherein opposite which on the ballotlabel and the voter maybe instructedthat in case he wishes to vote for a candidate for that oflice on thecard ballot he should operate that key. This will cause his ballot tobemarked in a particular place and the mark in that particular ,place willindicate that he has not voted keys elsewhere in the group because'theinterlocking mechanism will prevent the opera'tidn of such other keys.It is obvious then that punches need be supplied only on the keys thatare set apart for no nominations and that such punches may be omittedfrom the keys having the candidatesnames there on. In such case the unchmark must ocour in the particular p ace in the card ballotindicatedtherefor and the presence of the punch mark will validate the vote thatis The candidates names should be written, printed or stamped on thecard ballot by the voter in advance of placin'gthe card ballot in itsproper position.

The n,ame of the candidate or candidates must be written in the cardballot in the lace-designated for the particular office or which thevote is cast and for which it is to be counted, which place on the cardballot will coincide with the position of the .keys for that oflice'onthe keyboard of the machine. .The absence of punch marks on that part ofthe card ballot in the one case or the resenceof punch marks in theother case will show that no candidates have been voted on the keyboardof the machine for such ofiioe or that the blank keys have been.

key no name will be printed.

voted on the keyboard in which case the ballot will be validatedaccordingly and should be counted, otherwise it shciuld not be counted.

It will also be understood that these card ballots arefurnished by theofficers charged With the duty of preparing the materials for theelection and will be or exact length and width to fit the machine andthat these card ballots will be accessible to the voters who wish to usethem and that no votes will be counted that are cast on cards other thanthose oitic-ially so supplied.

It is obvious that up to the movement of the operating lever 24 the cardballots that have been placed in the machine may be withdrawn so thatthe voter may change the votes indicated thereon or may vdte with thekeys instead. It is also obvious that the keys may be moved into and outof voted position at will so that the voter maymake any or all changesthat he may wish as to the candidates that he maywant to vote for-u ofthe operating lever 2 In Fig. 9 l have shown a sample card ballot suchas may be used with my machine for voting for candidates not nominated,that is, for candidates whose names are not printed on the ballot labelsin connection with the keys. This card ballot contains one column of tenspaces corresponding in number to the keys of the lineshown in Fig. 1and to the length of the platen shown in Fig. 3. For the purpose ofillustration, it may be assumed that the 1st, 2nd and 3rd keys of theline of keys, belong to the ofiice of judge of the circuit court forwhich otiice three candidates have been nominated by as many difi'erntparties and for which each voter can vote but one vote.

county commissioner to which otfice two parties have nominated threecandidates each. To the candidates for this otiice each in Fig. 9 showsa punch mark for the first oflice showing that a vote has been cast onthe keys of the first'ofice and that no name written on the card ballotshould be counted as a vote for that oiiice, the ballot permitting thecasting of but one vote torthatofiice.

and that the voter has written the name Samuels on the ballot the thirdcandidate for that office. punch marks indicate but three votes, the

ballot should be counted for Samuels. But h '"and'which it is theintention cat the 1 to the time of the movement The, fourth to the tenthkeys 'belong'to the office In the next ottice for which threevotes maybe given, the card ballot shows that two votes have been cast the keys 1'11s voter can give three votes. The card ballot As this name and thetwo interlocking mechanism and the arrange ment of the punches and cardballoting mechanism of this machine to prevent.

Having thus described my invention, what 5 I claim as new and patentableis as follows:

1. The combination in a voting machine of keys arranged in a row, apunch carried on each of said keys,each of said keys and its punch beingmovable into voted position,

a platen pivoted below said punches, means for swingingsaid platen toand from said punches, and means operating to simultaneously locksaidkeys and their punches against movement during the movement of saidplaten towardsaid punches, said-keys being free to move'into and out ofvoted position independently of said means before the movement of saidlatens.

2. The combination in a voting machine of keys arranged in arow,.punches carried on each of said keys, a guide for said; punches,said keys and punches beingmov-- able into voted position, a pivotallymountedpleten moving toward said punches, and;

means to lock the voted keys against move-j merit durin the movement ofsaid platen, said keys being freeto moveinto and-out of voted positionindependently of saidmeans before the movement of said platens.

of keys arranged in a plurality ofparallel rows, a punch carried on eachof said keys, splat/en pivotally mounted parallel to each of said rowsof keysand movable toward and fromthe punches thereof, and means forlocking the voted keys against operation during the movement of saidplaten, said keys being free to move into and out of voted positionindependently of said means before the movement of said platens. i. Thecombination in a voting machine of a platen, a cardballot carriedthereon, a seriesof punehes arrangedfparallel to said" platen, saidpunches being movable toward 5 platen toward said punches to cause theperforation of said card ballot'on said previ-; ously moved punches. 5.The combination in a'voting machine of a series of platens; each of/saidplatens being pivotally mounted on one side, toggles connected to saidplatens on the other side, and means for moving said togglessimultaneously to cause the simultaneous movement of said platens. 4 6.Thecombination in a voting machine of a series of pivoted platens, bellcranks integral therewith, a universal bar connecting said bell cranksfor simultaneous operauniversal bar connected to said toggles to operatesaid toggles and swing said'platens, and means for driving saiduniversal bar. 7. Ellie-combination in a voting machine ea' f keysarranged in parallel rows, a punch -3.-,'The combination in a votingmachine,

said platen, and means for moving said against movement duringthemoyement of said platen toward, said punches, and to tion, togglesconnected to said platens, a

connected to each of said keys, a resetting shaft for each of said keys,and connections between said shaft and its keys, said keys" beingmovable to .voted position, a shaft parallel to each row of keys havingdogs.

thereon to engage the voted keys and ternporarily lock them, a'p latenfor each of I 'said rows of keys movable toward and from the punchesthereof, an operating-shaft for said machine, a cam plate driven bysaid.

rocking shaft and connections therebetween ,to operate the shaft totemporarilydock the- .v oted keys and to subsequently operate the shaftsto reset the voted keys, and conneca tions between said operating shaftand said platens to move said ,platens against the are' hel dtemporation, a platen pivotally mounted below said punchesto receive acard ballot thereon, and

means for swinging said platen to and from.

said punches to first punch the card carried thereon and then 'dump saidcard from said platen. 1 e

9. The combination in a voting machine of keys arranged in a row, apunch carried 9 on each of said keys, each of said keys and its punchbeing movable into voted position, a pivoted platen carried below saidpunches. a card en said platen. andme ansfor swinging said platen to'andfrom said punches for first punchingsaid card and then dumping saidcardfrom said platen.

10. The combination in a voting machine ofkey-s arranged in a row,a'punch carried on each of said keys, said key and its punch beingmovable into voted position, a platen 1 pivoted below said punches,means for swinging said platen to and from said punches and meansoperating simultaneously to lock said keys and their punches unldek saidkeys during the movement of said platen away from said punches.-

11. The combination in a voting machine of keys arranged in a row, apunch carried on each of said keys, a platen pivoted below said punches,a'cardcarried on said platen and means for swinging said platen toward 5and away from sai'dpunches to first per forate said card and then dumpit from the platen. I

12. of a series of pivoted platens, toggles connected to said platens, auniversal bar con- The combination in a voting machine nected'to saidtoggles,'said bar-being movable longitudinally to operate said toggles,

to swing said platcns'upward and. then draw said platens downward.

13, The con'lbination in a voliug machine of a series of pivotedplatens, toggles connected to said platens, a universal bar connected'to said toggles, said bar being movable longitudinally to operate saidtoggles to swing said platens upward and then draw said platensdownward, cards on said platens, said cards being dumped from saidplatens on the downward movement thereof.

14. The combination in a voting machine of keys arranged in parallelrows, said keys being movable to voted position, a lever connected toeach of said keys, said lever terminating in a point and having on theupper surface thereof a recess adjacent to said point, a shaft parallelto each row of keys having dogs thereon to engage said levers andtemporarily lock them, said dogs having pointed ends adapted to engagewith the recesses in said levers, said recesses bemg so shaped as toavoid contact with the point of the dog when the dog is in engagementwith said lever. in a predetermined position. t

15. The combination in a voting machine of keys arranged in a pluralityof arallel rows, a punch carried on each of said keys, each of said keysand its punch being movable to an unvoted position, a platen pivotallymounted below each of said rows of keys and its punch, said platen beingadapted to receive aeard ballot thereon, and means for swinging saidplaten to said. punches to perforate the ballot, and away from saidpunches to drop the ballot therefrom. y

16. The combination ina voting machine of a plurality of keys arrangedin parallel rows, a punch carried on each of said keys, each of saidkeys and its punch being movable into voted position, a series ofplatens pivoted below said punches, one for each row of.keys andpunches, means for swinging said platens to and from said punches,

and means operating to simultaneously lock said keys and their punchesagainst movement during the movement of said platens toward theirpunches.

17. The combination in avotinginachine of keys arranged in a sense ofparallel rows,

a punch carried on each of said keys, a'

series of platens pivoted below said punches, one for eachrow of keysand punches, and means for swinging said platens toward and away fromsaid punches.

' JAMES H. DEAN. Witnesses:

HARRY L. CLAPE,

KATHARINE GERLACH,

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